Terrill Charles

Corbett rekindles training passion

Posted on October 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It's taken more than six months, but Timaru horseman Peter Corbett has moved on from personal tragedy and got his training mojo back. Corbett wasn't much in the mood for training after losing his partner Terrill Charles to brain cancer in December 2020 following a lengthy battle. But he's now back on track, and fittingly[...]

Posted on January 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It's been a tough month for trainer Peter Corbett, but some light was put back into his life on Saturday when his pride and joy Dee And Gee recaptured form when storming home late to win the Waikouaiti Cup (2200m) at Wingatui. The former Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner had been out of[...]

Posted on December 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Mid-Canterbury trainer Terrill Charles has passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. Charles was diagnosed five years ago with an aggressive form of brain cancer and given just four and a half months to live. Charles stubbornly refused to let cancer rule her life and together with partner Peter Corbett, who has overcome health[...]

Posted on January 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There's nothing like recalling Dee And Gee's Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) heroics to lighten the mood for Mid Canterbury trainers Peter Corbett and Terrill Charles. The couple will produce Darci Brahma six-year-old Dee And Gee in Saturday's Group 3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, hoping they can[...]

Posted on December 31, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The decision to bypass Waikouaiti on New Year's Day with Dee And Gee to concentrate on the Wellington Cup Carnival has improved the prospects for Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons. Dee And Gee's defection from the Dunedin Casino Waikouaiti Cup (1975m) has reduced the field to seven with the Parsons-trained stablemates Camino Rocoso and[...]

Posted on November 17, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There were plenty of tears being shed in the Riccarton birdcage as the supporters of trainers Peter Corbett and Terrill Charles waited for the pair's bonny staying mare Dee And Gee to make her way off the track after scoring her greatest victory when taking out the 157th running of the Group 3 Christchurch Casino[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Having three runners in Saturday's Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton is testament to the success of Peter Corbett and Terrill Charles' unconventional training methods. The couple prepare a small team from their Mid-Canterbury farm, preferring to work their horses on the road rather than the racetrack. The pair, who have[...]

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